Conor McGregor
Throughout his professional career Conor McGregor has won 4 championships. He’s never defended any of them.
In June of 2012 Conor McGregor beat Dave Hill to become the Cage Warriors featherweight champion. In lieu of defending the belt however, Conor beat Ivan Butchinger for the Cage Warriors lightweight championship. He then set out to do the same thing in the UFC.
Conor collected the featherweight belt from Jose Aldo at UFC 194 in December 2015. He’s fought 3x since winning that title, only not at featherweight and not with the belt on the line. After the Diaz bouts, Conor defeated Eddie Alvarez for the lightweight title at UFC 205, though he may never defend that title either.
I think that a system needs to be put in place that requires that Title holders defend their Belts against top ranked contenders before anyone else. I also think that they should be required to defend their titles x times a year not be allowed to wait for a year or longer and not fighting barring they’re healthy enough. They given today’s Champions to much power determining who they will or won’t fight and that’s if they decide to. I agree that these guys deserve a lot more then they’re paid but money/drawing power shouldn’t stop a guy from getting a title shot that they’ve earned. As it stands right now the ONLY reason that McGregor is still the Champ is being protected because he’s the most marketable and why Also didn’t get a rematch. And if history repeats itself McGregor will retire after Mayweather schools him without ever defending it.
The “money fights” are one thing but when you have Bisbing vs. Dan Henderson as Bisbings first defense that’s not a deserving challenger or a money fight. Personally think Romero would stomp a mud hole in bisbing. He’s a lot like Rich Franklin, good at a lot but not great at anything
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